In 2016 the Rev. Dr. Felix Haynes, left, arranged for us to visit with Wendell and Tanya Berry (and their dog, Maggie) in their Port Royal, Kentucky, home. Wendell Berry is a famed author and advocate for responsible environmental stewardship. He became a valuable adviser in the battle to keep Wayne County from possibly becoming America’s largest toxic-coal-ash dump. (Photo submitted by NeSmith)
The phone call rattled my soul.
The Rev. Dr. Felix Haynes, 81, had died.
The articulate “man of the cloth” was a biblical scholar and deliv...

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